John Delcos enters his third season covering the Mets for The Journal News after eight seasons on the Yankees beat. Prior to coming to New York, John covered the Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Browns and Cleveland Indians.

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pvhornet05

This is a good lineup. Glad to see Alou in there, hopefully he would be there for more than 2 weeks.

JD, what do you think about Peterson so far? I saw an article today saying that he might be the first to bed fired. I think that would be the biggest mistake the Mets could do. What do you think about it?

To pvhornet05: Good question. Two significant pitchers have focus problems in Oliver Perez and Aaron Heilman. The Jacket has to take some responsibility for that. I don’t think Peterson would be the first to go. The first would be Randolph. I can’t imagine them going after the GM first.-JD

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I’ve always wondered how much input Peterson has with Willie’s pitching decisions. The way the pen is being wrung out this season, has Peterson at some point suggested to Willie to leave someone in a little longer (like, why not let Figgy stay in longer in that Pirates game?) or to not use a reliever in a certain situation. I’ve never sensed friction between them so guess this means Jacket agrees with Willie’s decisions. Then again, he’s not the captain of the ship, so whatever Willie decides goes.

To add to pv’s line of thought: JD, what do you think about HoJo’s job security? Our pitching hasn’t been steady, and Peterson should take some heat for that. But the hitting has been erratic, too, and HoJo has to answer for that.

I like the line-up a lot. Now we just need Beltran and Reyes to hit and maybe it won’t seem like the team is sleep walking through the season anymore. I put the over/under on games before Alou sits out with an injury/goes on the DL at 15. Anyone care to make a wager?

I know pitching coaches tend to be deified when pitchers succeed, but none of them, not even the Zen-master Rick Peterson, have magic powers. There’s only so much Rick can do w/ a guy like Perez, who just looks in over his head anytime something doesn’t go his way on the mound.

Tiffany-I think 3 million of that 6 can be chalked up to his defense. Omar wanted him for his glove as much as his #2 ability. And I don’t think Church is destined to be in the 2 slot for the whole season. I just don’t think it’s a good idea to keep throwing Castillo out there for now when he’s hitting so badly. You want Church in there for situations like this where you need to get Jose plated. I think Church just showed us that.